Katie White

Swimming & Diving

White, Feick Log Wins as ‘Cats Fall at West Virginia

Freshmen Katie White and Claire Feick each logged two top-three finishes

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – Freshmen Katie White and Claire Feick paced the Wildcats on Saturday with a win each as Villanova fell to West Virginia, 194-100, at the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park.

The duo logged two top-three showings for Villanova (2-6) on the afternoon.

White was victorious in a close 200 Fly, topping WVU's (4-2) Mia Walters by just under three-tenths of a second with a winning time of 2:02.48. That marks her fifth win in the event this season. Feick won the 3-meter for the third time this season, scoring 258.68. She also posted a third place showing in the 1-meter (242.10).

Audrey Pastorek, Winnie Jalet, Katie White and Perri Stahl turned in a third-place showing in the 400 Medley Relay, finishing in 3:53.47. In the 200 Free Relay, Lainey Quinones, Lexi Elkovitch, Cara Stapleton and Stahl posted a second-place time of 1:37.03 while Emily Zimmermann, White, Mary Kate Farrell and Molly Benson clocked in at third in 1:42.30.

Kaitlin Gravell had the first top-three individual showing of the day for the 'Cats with a close race win the 1000 Free. Nearly a second and a half separated first and third with the senior touching third in 10:27.48. Elkovitch also posted a third-place finish in the 200 Free at 1:55.54.

Pastorek added second place showings in both the 100 Back (58.34) and 200 Back (2:06.10). Jalet was third in the 100 Breast at 1:05.18 while Stahl finished second in the 50 Free at 24.07. Villanova had a pair of 2-3 finishes, first in the 200 Breast thanks to Jalet (2:21.79) and Margaret Kleinsmith (2:25.86) and then in the 500 Free with Farrell (5:13.36) and Benson (5:13.78).

Later, Gravell and Jalet went 2-3 in the 200 IM with times of 2:08.76 and 2:01.12, respectively. White was second in the 100 Fly (57.42) with Arabella Lee following in third (57.68).

Villanova returns home tomorrow for Sprintfest with La Salle. The meet starts at 11 a.m. at the Villanova Swim Complex with Senior Day festivities beginning at 10:45 a.m.
 
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Players Mentioned

Molly  Benson

Molly Benson

Fly/Free
Junior
Lexi Elkovitch

Lexi Elkovitch

Freestyle
Junior
Kaitlin  Gravell

Kaitlin Gravell

IM/Breast
Senior
Margaret Kleinsmith

Margaret Kleinsmith

Breaststroke
Senior
Audrey Pastorek

Audrey Pastorek

Back/IM
Junior
Lainey Quinones

Lainey Quinones

Free/Fly
Sophomore
Perri Stahl

Perri Stahl

Breast/Free
Senior
Cara Stapleton

Cara Stapleton

Freestyle
Junior
Emily Zimmermann

Emily Zimmermann

Breaststroke
Sophomore
Mary Kate Farrell

Mary Kate Farrell

Freestyle
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Molly  Benson

Molly Benson

Junior
Fly/Free
Lexi Elkovitch

Lexi Elkovitch

Junior
Freestyle
Kaitlin  Gravell

Kaitlin Gravell

Senior
IM/Breast
Margaret Kleinsmith

Margaret Kleinsmith

Senior
Breaststroke
Audrey Pastorek

Audrey Pastorek

Junior
Back/IM
Lainey Quinones

Lainey Quinones

Sophomore
Free/Fly
Perri Stahl

Perri Stahl

Senior
Breast/Free
Cara Stapleton

Cara Stapleton

Junior
Freestyle
Emily Zimmermann

Emily Zimmermann

Sophomore
Breaststroke
Mary Kate Farrell

Mary Kate Farrell

Freshman
Freestyle